Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race

Archived – click Post Title to view all. I It’s 7pm now. I have been walking most of the time today. It started with knee pain which got worse and worse even in spite of olive oil and cabbage leaves that I had applied overnight. It’s the adjustment phase. No big deal! After the 20th lap, my running speed equaled my walking speed, so I decided to walk for a while. I changed my shoes after the rain and it got better. Now my knees are OK. It was such a good thing that our chiropractor Ara stopped by. He treated all of us working mainly on backs and necks. He helped me with my knees. Physically, I felt better, but energy was suddenly gone. I had a slight fever in the afternoon and watering eyes. I didn’t feel like running. I was doing my rounds thinking to myself that tomorrow it’s going to be fine. In the evening, Pranab joined me. He is having problems with hips and shin splints is looming large. He decided not to push since it’s just the second day. We shared jokes. Pranab’s father sent him a letter. He said that when he was looking for some information about the 3,100-mile race, he stumbled “on the web site of a Lebedev with nice pics”. His father understands Russian and is going to follow his son through on my blog. Last year, I was walking on the 3rd day. Pranab is joking, “You are making progress. Next year, you’ll start working from Day 1”. Asphrihanal isn’t…

7am

It was raining when we started this morning.

Yesterday everybody was very fast, Asprihanal did 85 miles, everyone else also did a lot!

Suprabha ends the list with 65 miles.

Just great, doesn’t even seems like 3100 :)

I came back home after completing 71 miles which is my personal record, 130 laps.

For the first day this is just super good – I’ve never done 70 miles before.

After the finish last night I felt very good. Lots of energy left. I was even less tired than after training back in Kiev!

But this morning it’s a whole different story. My knees hurt a little. Maybe there are in process of  adjusting to the concrete on a sidewalk, that will probably take couple of days. but I have a guess it might be the new model of running shoes –  I bought 2 pairs I was missing when I got to New York. I was using this kind of snickers in 2004, but I don’t remember what the experience is.

Ok, as soon as the rain will be over, and I’ll change them. we’ll see what happens.

Under the pouring rain Parvati’s Group is singing beautiful songs for us. Very inspiring. That’s my favourite group, it’s the most honest one. Girls self-givingly come at 6.40 am every day, no matter what weather it is, or who is out at the race. Very sincere and beautiful singing, they cheer us up very much.

Today we have a first ‘holiday’ – Purna-Samarpan’s birthday.

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